Home Labs

This is an updated post covering VMware Workstation 11 instead of Workstation 9, it’s been updated to cover installing using the formatwithmbr switch during the initial boot process as well as highlighting an issue with creating multiple USB keys from… Continue Reading →

During a rebuild of my home lab recently I stumbled on to problem which means I need to update the VMware Workstation \ Fusion ESXi build instructions I have previously issued. Due to me having to rebuild the hosts one… Continue Reading →

I recently came across an issue with my home lab that indicated I had an issue with my Cruzer Fit going to a Write Protect mode, doing a search online showed that a number of people were also exhibiting the… Continue Reading →

I put together this little post to help people clean and format their USB or fixed disk in Windows 8.1, I needed this because some of my USB drives have previously been formatted with ESXi or Linux installed on them… Continue Reading →

In previous posts I have demonstrated the installation and initial configuration for the vRealize Operations Manager 6 installation. At the end of the last post we were left at the log on screen to continue the configuration. Log in with… Continue Reading →

Playing around in my home lab over the last couple of months I carried out an installation of vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS), had a look around it and then promptly deleted the vApp after a month or so. Spring forward… Continue Reading →

In the previous blog post I left you at the Getting Started vRealize Operations Manager screen. In this blog post I will be going through both the Express and New Installations, continue reading for more information.

This is a multipart blog post detailing the installation and configuration of the new vRealize Operations Manager product. Unlike the previous vCenter Operations Manager release this is a single VM only product and doesn’t rely on the two node UI… Continue Reading →

In a previous post I installed and configured the Synology Syslog server to allow me to stop me getting the below message on my hosts. The reason for the message is that I run my 3 ESXi hosts using SanDisk… Continue Reading →